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North Pole Reindeer

About This Project

First introduced for Christmas 2012, The North Pole Reindeer are part of the on-going Holiday League promotional campaign for Atlanta-based sports design shop Hartwell Studio Works.

With the help of illustrator Jay Rogers and Baseball-Reference.com, the Reindeer celebrated 2013 with a baseball card for team MVP Rudolph the Red-Nosed Shortstop. Rudolph was a smash hit, taking over the internet and getting coverage from all corners of the sports world.

2014 was bigger still when we unveiled trading cards for the entire team! Getting help from eight industry-leading illustrators, all of Santa’s favorite ballplayers got a chance to shine!

The 2015 promotion is our most ambitious yet, as we build the greatest ballpark in the Holiday League, the new Nicholas Field! And be sure to check out the hippest egg nog café in the West North Pole, The Happy Elf Egg Noggery!

From Hartwell Studio Works and the entire team of architects, illustrators and contributors, best wishes you and yours for a wonderful holiday season!

About This Project

NICHOLAS FIELD

The ARCHITECTS

BART GILLESPIE

A graduate of the University of Kentucky’s School of Architecture, Bart has worked in Lexington, Nashville, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and currently at Atlanta’s tvsdesign. Enthusiastic about the next Big Idea, Bart is always tinkering to make design better.

RALEIGH ARROWOOD

Raleigh is an art enthusiast & design addict from Louisville, Ky. Trained in the field of Architecture at the University of Kentucky’s College of Design he currently resides in Atlanta, Ga. There he spends his days honing his craft at Atlanta’s tvsdesign.

TheWriter

STEVE LEONARD

Stephen Leonard is proud to have partnered with Hartwell Studio Works for two years to help communicate the exciting events surrounding the Holiday League. With 15 years’ experience in communications and marketing, Stephen has worked all over the world and currently resides in Washington, DC.

TheWeb Dude

Elijah Vazquez

Elijah Vazquez graduated from the University of Central Florida with a bachelor’s in Web Design. He is married to an awesome designer and living in Atlanta, Ga. Elijah is a young, hard working web developer with an endless desire to learn and create.

2014 TRADING CARDS

The Illustrators

E.W. Thomason

E.W. Thomason is an award-winning illustrator, designer, letterer, and artist. Originally from an Alabama small town, E.W. blends a variety of influences — contemporary and vintage, rural and urban, naïve and trained — to create a bold and quirky style.

Jon Pinto

Von Glitschka

Von is principal of Glitschka Studios a multi-disciplinary design firm in the Pacific Northwest. The studio shines as a creative hired gun for ad agencies, design firms, and in-house art departments while working on some of the most respected brands in the world.

SockMonkee

Graphic designer by day and freelance illustrator by night from Woodstock, Georgia. When I’m not pushing pixels, I’m hanging out with my awesome wife and going on amazing adventures. If the wife is busy, I’m probably playing video games.

John Nelson

John attended the University of Georgia and Portfolio Center (Atlanta). When he’s not busy napping, he’s illustrating for clients small, medium, large, and extra large in Atlanta and across the country for the past 20 years. He currently resides in Dunwoody, GA with his wife and three children.

John Hartwell

That geeky kid who was always drawing and doodling grew up to be…that geeky guy who’s always drawing and doodling. And doin’ cool design stuff for clients all around the world of sports. Texas ex-pat and lover of all things baseball.

TheStats Guys

Baseball-Reference.com

Baseball-Reference.com has been answering users’ baseball questions for nearly 15 years. Part of the Sports-Reference.com empire, Baseball Reference has complete player and team stats for every major league season (1871) and complete box scores back to 1914.